Nature Communications (Jan 2020)

Loss-of-function mutations in UDP-Glucose 6-Dehydrogenase cause recessive developmental epileptic encephalopathy

  • Holger Hengel,
  • Célia Bosso-Lefèvre,
  • George Grady,
  • Emmanuelle Szenker-Ravi,
  • Hankun Li,
  • Sarah Pierce,
  • Élise Lebigot,
  • Thong-Teck Tan,
  • Michelle Y. Eio,
  • Gunaseelan Narayanan,
  • Kagistia Hana Utami,
  • Monica Yau,
  • Nader Handal,
  • Werner Deigendesch,
  • Reinhard Keimer,
  • Hiyam M. Marzouqa,
  • Meral Gunay-Aygun,
  • Michael J. Muriello,
  • Helene Verhelst,
  • Sarah Weckhuysen,
  • Sonal Mahida,
  • Sakkubai Naidu,
  • Terrence G. Thomas,
  • Jiin Ying Lim,
  • Ee Shien Tan,
  • Damien Haye,
  • Michèl A. A. P. Willemsen,
  • Renske Oegema,
  • Wendy G. Mitchell,
  • Tyler Mark Pierson,
  • Marisa V. Andrews,
  • Marcia C. Willing,
  • Lance H. Rodan,
  • Tahsin Stefan Barakat,
  • Marjon van Slegtenhorst,
  • Ralitza H. Gavrilova,
  • Diego Martinelli,
  • Tal Gilboa,
  • Abdullah M. Tamim,
  • Mais O. Hashem,
  • Moeenaldeen D. AlSayed,
  • Maha M. Abdulrahim,
  • Mohammed Al-Owain,
  • Ali Awaji,
  • Adel A. H. Mahmoud,
  • Eissa A. Faqeih,
  • Ali Al Asmari,
  • Sulwan M. Algain,
  • Lamyaa A. Jad,
  • Hesham M. Aldhalaan,
  • Ingo Helbig,
  • David A. Koolen,
  • Angelika Riess,
  • Ingeborg Kraegeloh-Mann,
  • Peter Bauer,
  • Suleyman Gulsuner,
  • Hannah Stamberger,
  • Alvin Yu Jin Ng,
  • Sha Tang,
  • Sumanty Tohari,
  • Boris Keren,
  • Laura E. Schultz-Rogers,
  • Eric W. Klee,
  • Sabina Barresi,
  • Marco Tartaglia,
  • Hagar Mor-Shaked,
  • Sateesh Maddirevula,
  • Amber Begtrup,
  • Aida Telegrafi,
  • Rolph Pfundt,
  • Rebecca Schüle,
  • Brian Ciruna,
  • Carine Bonnard,
  • Mahmoud A. Pouladi,
  • James C. Stewart,
  • Adam Claridge-Chang,
  • Dirk J. Lefeber,
  • Fowzan S. Alkuraya,
  • Ajay S. Mathuru,
  • Byrappa Venkatesh,
  • Joseph J. Barycki,
  • Melanie A. Simpson,
  • Saumya S. Jamuar,
  • Ludger Schöls,
  • Bruno Reversade

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14360-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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UDP-glucuronic acid is a component of the extracellular matrix. Here, the authors report biallelic variants in the gene encoding UDP-Glucose 6-Dehydrogenase (UGDH) in individuals affected by developmental epileptic encephalopathies that impair UGDH stability, oligomerization, or enzymatic activity in vitro.